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Kurdistan and the UK
High Representative of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to the UK, Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman says that “Kurdistan is a forward-looking, democratic and secular Muslim society and that bilateral relations between Kurdistan and the UK are very good, solid and … Continue reading
The state of Iraq has now officially recognised the genocide against the Kurds in Iraq: it is the duty of the rest of the world to do the same, writes Robert Halfon MP.
“There is another Iraq, buried under Iraq”. So said the head of the Kurdistan Mass Graves Commission as she explained to me her work during one recent visit to Kurdistan with the All-Party Kurdistan Group. Travelling around Iraq, her job … Continue reading
The ‘Anfal Campaign’ against the Kurdish people in Iraq, should be recognised internationally as the genocide that it truly was, writes Nadhim Zahawi MP.
When I am out meeting constituents and helping with their day-to-day issues in Stratford-on-Avon it is sometimes hard for me to think of how differently my life could have turned out. We are products of our upbringing and I often … Continue reading
2003 wasn’t year zero for Iraq
This year marks the tenth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. This often astonishes people because it remains very vivid and even vicious in British politics. The usual historical perspective about past events hasn’t yet overcome often hysterical arguments about … Continue reading
Co-Chair Meg Munn meets Kurdistan teachers’ Union Leader in the Commons
Recently Kamal Ahmed, President of the Kurdistan Teachers’ Union (KTU), was on a visit to the UK organised by the NASUWT during which he visited parliament. Meg Munn MP, as Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Kurdistan, and … Continue reading
Norway leads on recognising the genocide against the Kurds
The Norwegian Foreign Minister, Espen Barth Eide, in a recent parliamentary debate recognised the judgement of the Iraqi High Court that Saddam Hussein’s’ Anfal campaign, including the chemical weapons attack on Halabja, constituted genocide. The debate was attended by Sabah … Continue reading
Exploring the Erbil-Baghdad-Ankara triangle
Next year’s 10th anniversary of the Iraq war may focus on the feebleness so far of federalism and the country possibly breaking up without having resolved the tensions between the autonomous Kurdistan Region and Baghdad that have recently put tanks … Continue reading
Interview with Kurdistan Region’s Agriculture Minister
The ability to love your country but face the facts and be truthful about its shortcomings is what distinguishes patriotism from chauvinism, which essentially says ‘my country right or wrong.’ Many people are critical of America or Britain but not … Continue reading
More news from the BBC on the campaign to recognise the genocide against the Kurds of Iraq
http://uk.krg.org/articles/detail.aspx?lngnr=12&anr=36729
Survivors of Saddam Hussein’s regime living in Britain call on British people to stand by them and recognise the genocide against the Kurdish people in Iraq
29 October 2012: This weekend survivors of Iraq’s genocide living in Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham and London took to the streets of their home cities to ask the public to support their call for the British Government to recognise the mass … Continue reading